15th August: Luttrell’s Tower
On Monday 12th August there was a fatal incident at Calshot when a water user suffered a heart attack. Ambulances and the Coastguard Helicopter 175...
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17th August: Refitting Spray Hood
I’m slowly getting Seatern to look more presentable. Having careened Seatern around the 2nd July much of that month was taken up with a combination...
24th August: “Operation Blue Barrels”!
Approaching the record high tide of 8th/9th April there were 2 blue barrels floating in the area between my jetty and no 78 Priory Road....
25th August: Round the Island Power Boats
I turned up early at NCI Stone Point for the “10am” start of the Round the Island Power Boat Race. As it was they didn’t...
25th August: Ave Atque Vale
The Hampshire Open Studios event was held over August Bank Holiday weekend and I decided to call in at Palais des Vaches after my watch...
7th September: SRCMBC Milford Show
The Solent Radio Controlled Model Boat Club held their annual show at the Community Centre, Milford-on-Sea, on the 7th September 2024. I provided a sequence...
17th Sept: 12V supply at Stone Point
When NCI Stone Point opened in May 2019 in what we came to call the “Burger Van” I donated one of my 12V batteries and...
16th Sept: Boat Show
The Boat Show week was beginning to look busy with a power cut at Stone point on the Tuesday and a double watch on the...
3rd October: Nerines at Exbury
Exbury Gardens close for the winter at the start of November but, before that, they have a display of Nerines in the Five Arrows gallery...
7th October: Rainbow Display
On Monday, 7th October, I was on the first watch at NCI Stone Point.On the way there I drove through a torrential downpour. It had...